Rack for rolls of material



March so, 1926. 1,578,888

. T, B. GANONG ET AL RACK FOR ROLLS 0F MATERIAL Filed Sept. 8, 1924 is821 I5 f j j/glfj'o 3515 41 4 4 INVENIORS Patented Ma r. so, 1926.

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I I Applicationfiled September To all whom it maycmwern: f

. Be it-kn'own that. we, Tnnononn B. GAN- ONG and HOWAR I-I.- MnAn,citizens of the Uni-ted; States, residing at Quincy, in the countyofBranch and State of-lsfichiga-n, have invented- 'certain new anduseful improvements in Racks'for Rolls of Material, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates todevices for-supporting material in rolls, suchas screen materialandthe like, in convenient position for storage andinspection, and has for one of-its objects to improve the constructionand increase the eiiiciency and utility o f-de vices of this character.Anotherflobject of this'invention is to provide a simplyconstructedsupport fora roll of material having means whereby the rollis held from rotation onthe support. I

With these and other objects in view the invention consists 'in certainnovel, features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is aside elevation, and s Figure 2 is an end elevation, of the im proveddevice.

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 33 of Figure 2, looking inthe direction of the arrow.

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4.4 of Figure 8, looking inthe direction of the arrow.

Figure 5 is a plan View with the support ing frame in section on theline 55 of Figure 3.

The improved device may be adapted without material structural change tosupport any class of material which is furnished in rolls, such aswindow and door "screen per transverse member 11, and .aplu'rality of.1924. serial No- 736,5 3.

vertical division members 12 ;connected at their ends to the transvers,I-hembers, as shown. I

Oneof the frame structures is inclinedin wardly and; upwardly, as shown,to provide for-supporting ro'llsof material. .ofwarying lengths, ashereinafter explained.

The members 10 .and jll'inay the. of any required length-to acconnnodate .any re quired member of the vertical division llleln .bers 12,but for the .pnrp'ose ofillustration three of the division members areshown;

Connected at-itl-iei-r ends: to the division members21 arespacedliorizontal rails 13 f each con fronting pair: of, the rails;forming spaced g ide racks between t e confirm feces- Qf lithei qadivision members .12;

' Each pair of the 'railsand the vertical members thus provide. a.separate pocket orj receptacle, as indicated more particularly inFigures 2 and 4.,

Slidably disposed in each of-the'pockets or receptacles, is a holder orcarrier for a roll of-material, but as the holders are alike except asto length, the description of one will suffice for all.

Each holder or carrier comprises a frame formed with vertical sidemembers 14 and vertical end "members 15,.each-of the end members havingan upwardly opening socket 16. Attached to the lower edges of the endmembers 15 is asupport 17. Each of the members 17 is in alinementhorizontally with the guide rails 13and laterally enlarged at 9 one endas at 18 to slidably engage the confronting faces of the rails 13, asrepresented more clearly in Figure 5, and thus operate as wear elements,to .slidably engage the confronting faces of the tracks 13, and hold thesides 14 of the holders from contactrwith the vertical dividing members12. The friction between the parts is thus materially re duced and thewear between the parts cor respondingly reduced. r f V The sockets 16are designed to receive the journal 19 of a roller 20, the latter to support a roll of material, as indicated at 21. Qne of the journals 19 isextended into a turning handle 22. Extending from each of the rollers 20are short pins 23 adapted to be engaged with the inner end of each roll,to lock the latter to the roller, to insure the rotation of the roll ofmaterial with the roller when the latter is o erated Window and doorscreen 'inaterial and the like is manufactured and furnished to thetrade in'varying widths, and by arranging one of the terminal frames inan inclined position provision is made for supporting holders orcarriers and rolls of these varying lengths without waste of space.

Each of the holders or carriers together with its roll of material isindependently removable from and insertible in the frame when a portionof the material is to be reversed and soldyand the unsold portionreturned to the frame.

Attached to the outer edges of one series of the members 12, are stops24, to limit the movementof the roll holder in one direction.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, of any size or capacity, and of any suitable material orcombinations of materials.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is claimed in the drawings andset forth in the specification, but it will be understood thatmodlfications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made inthe construction without departing from the principle of the inventionor sacrificing any of its advantages. 1

Having thusrdescribed our invention what we claim is:

A. device of the class described comprising vertical terminal frames,guide rails connected at the ends tosaid frames with their confrontingedges in spaced parallel relation, supports for material includingvertical sides and ends, said sides'slidably engaging said rails, and. alongitudinally directed lower member attached at the ends to thevertical ends of the material support and depending below the lineof theends .and sides thereof and between said guide rails, said lower memberbeing laterally enlarged at the, ends to movably engage the confrontingedges of the guide-rails, and preventing lateral displacement of thematerial holder.

In testimony whereof, we aiiix our signatures hereto.

THEODORE B. Git-none HOWARD n. MEAD.

